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The Moon on Saturday, March 12, 1983: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on March 12, 1983Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 March 1983402,259 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 12, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.9% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
402,259 km249,952 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1983 is on Sunday, February 27, 1983 at 08:58 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 14, 1983 at 17:44 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 6, 198313:16
New Moon (after)Monday, March 14, 198317:44

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Saturday, March 12, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 13, 1983 to the new moon of March 14, 1983, a cycle of 29.72 days.